“Forklift-Excalibur: He who pulls the fork out of the pillar shall become the ruler of storage-land”

  • egsaqmojz@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    37 minutes ago

    does stapler really mean forklift, and lager really mean storage, in german?

    • Jomosoto@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      16 minutes ago

      “Stapler” means “stacker” and “forklift” means “Gabelstapler” which is “forkstacker”, but it’s abbreviated here. And yes, “Lager” is storage :)

    • tobogganablaze@lemmus.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      10 minutes ago

      and lager really mean storage

      Yes, but can also mean a camp, a type of beer, a resource deposit or a ball bearing (and probably more).